NEW DELHI: At several Delhi University colleges , applicants and parents are at war with the authorities . On the third and final day of firstlist admissions , several institutions , one after the other , reneged on promises made by the varsity .

Students were denied admission despite being eligible and made to wait till it was too late . All this because the college administration cleared Friday's paperwork on Saturday . Some were also made to write and sign statements saying they are taking admission at their "own risk" as the college has already filled the sanctioned number of seats.

At Atma Ram Sanatan Dharam College , the dispute snowballed , and student union members blocked the Ring Road at Dhaula Kuan for about 15 minutes . "They (officials at Atma Ram ) were deliberately wasting time , going on breaks ," said a furious parent . "They took almost an hour to verify four-fi ve certificates ."

Parents say staff members shut shop at 1pm and slipped out the back gate . It was the last day of admissions and many had come from as far as Lucknow and had been standing in the heat . About 125 eligible candidates have been denied admission and others have been asked to return on Monday . "I came on Friday and was given a serial number . They have taken all my documents without giving me a receipt and now I don't have any proof to claim admission on Monday ," said Aayushi Sharma.

Waitlisted candidates were made to write and sign a statement saying , "I am taking admission in BTech computer science at my own risk and I am fully aware that number of students admit-" My nephew , who topped in Ghaziabad with 96% marks , was denied admission ," said JK Singh .

At Maharaja Agrasen , the admission for BTech in computer science and electronics was moved to the girls' hostel. Though S K Rintin of MAC argues it was "to make it convenient" , parents found it anything but. Officials verified documents for forms submitted the previous day , and sold and accepted Saturday's lot at the same venue .

"I came to college at 11am but couldn't get a form . The line was long and there was only one counter selling them ," said a student who'd made an unsuccessful trip on Friday also . Saturday's round of admissions were painfully slow and closed after 1.30 pm with many aspirants who'd waited for hours in the queue being refused .

Principal Sunil Sondhi said , "This is an absurd situation . We have over 300 applications for 60 seats . Students are mixing this BTech course with the BTech engineering course . We cannot accept any forms after 1pm as per DU guidelines ."

However , it was slow going even at Lakshmibai College , where a parent waited three hours to pay the fee. At Ram Lal Anand (evening ), too, officials were occupied with the previous day's paperwork . "I am waiting here since afternoon to get my forms . The college has not given outforms andisscrutinizing forms received earlier first ," said Babita Goyal , a parent .

Many applicants for the English course at College of Vocational Studies were turned away . About 40-45 candidates were "verbally assured" admission by the principal that the procedure for them will be completed on Monday (first day of second-list admissions ). Another 70-80 will not be admitted at all despite making the cut, parents said .

Ramjas College has finally admitted candidates from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana boards but got them to sign undertakings . "The college has given us 10 days to get our transfer certificates and original certificates or else they will cancel our admission ," Mahi Chaurasia , who's taken admission in political science , said .